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<p>Hello, i am currently a Junior in high school.</p>

<p>Here is my profile: </p>

<p>I transferred to a different school this year. I currently go to a private school that does not offer any ap or honor classes. It’s a Jewish high school, and its one of the best private schools in my state. I am also currently taking 7 Jewish classes, and i have a 4.00. The grading system at my school is different from my old school. A 4.00 is 100, and 3.9 is 99-98 percent. At my old school anything above a 90 was considered a 4.00. It is harder to get good grades at my school. My school does not offer AP or IB classes.</p>

<p>Grades: </p>

<p>Freshman gpa- 3.7
Tenth Grade gpa- 3.86
I am pretty sure that this year my first semester gpa will be- 3.9</p>

<p>AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND TEAMS- </p>

<p>Freshman Year-
Girl Tennis team
Republican club
Key Club
Honor Roll</p>

<p>Sophomore Year-
Girls swim team
Spirit Club
Shabbaton Club
Israel Awareness club</p>

<p>Junior year-
Chair man of volunteer committee
CIA ( Israel awareness club)
News paper reporter
Crew
- Vice president</p>

<p>Outside of School -</p>

<ul>
<li>I volunteer for the Lifelong Aids Alliance</li>
<li>Also i volunteer at the Hope link Child development center,</li>
<li>I am also a participant of the friendship circle program ( twice week i spend a couple of hours with a mentally ill kid). </li>
<li>I am the vice president of the friendship circle organization (i will be the president next year)</li>
<li>I volunteer for an organization that plans parties for children’s hospital.</li>
<li>I play the cello.</li>
<li>I am on youth symphony.</li>
<li>I played the violin for 7 years.</li>
<li>I'm on my clubs varsity tennis team.</li>
<li>Last year I volunteered for the Republican Party.</li>
<li>I tutor 3 kids in Hebrew</li>
<li> I play in an ensemble.</li>
<li> I Attend Israeli advocacy seminars ( panim el panim, and aipac) </li>
</ul>

<p>I moved from Israel 3 years ago. I am an Israeli, and I am Jewish.
I speak 3 languages Russian, Hebrew and English, and I am currently studying Spanish.</p>

<p>I am taking the SATS this year and i hoping to get a 2200 or above.
I am taking the SAT II subject tests in Hebrew and World History and I am hoping to do very well on both of them, since I am fluent in Hebrew and history is my favorite subject.</p>

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<p>You need to narrow it down-- region of country, size of school, public/private, feel & atmosphere, social qualities, academic interests, financial concerns? Are there any schools you find appealing so far?</p>

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<p>Perhaps you would like Brandeis or U of Pennsylvania which have a large percentage of Jewish students. Almost every school has Jewish students, however, and active Hillel organizations.</p>

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<p>Well i only want to go to a school in the East coast, and i'd like the school have a large Jewish community. I would like to go to an Ivy League school, but i will be satisfied if i just get into a good school that has a minimum gpa requirement of a 3.6-3.7.</p>

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<p>I am interested in going to school on the East Coast. I'd like the school to have a large active Jewish community. I don't necessarily want to go to an ivy league school but i'd like to go to a school that has a minimum gpa requirement of 3.6-3.7.</p>

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<p>Based on your information and preferences, there is only one choice for you:</p>

<p>Brandeis.</p>

<p>I am a freshman, who attended mostly because of the large Jewish community, and I absolutely love it</p>

<p>(also: go to <a href="http://www.hillel.org/hillel/Hillel_Schools_New.nsf/44257994e40bf4e7852567ec00500a7d/4ba1b069bc921ebb85256de40073ff57?OpenDocument%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hillel.org/hillel/Hillel_Schools_New.nsf/44257994e40bf4e7852567ec00500a7d/4ba1b069bc921ebb85256de40073ff57?OpenDocument&lt;/a> and click on schools that you are interested in, and you will see descriptions of Jewish life, including the number of Jewish students)</p>

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<p>What major are you interested in? That would help. However, among the Ivies, I believe U Penn has a large Jewish community.</p>

<p>Duke has quite a large Jewish community (it even offers a Jewish Studies program, or something like that). The Freeman Center is always very busy on Fridays, and even some non-Jews come visit the center on Fridays. Four of the (24) people in my FOCUS group are Jewish, and they love the community here.</p>

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<p>I am interested in majoring in middle eastern studies and i'd like to minor in arabic.</p>

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<p>Penn would be great, then. Their Middle Eastern Studies program is exceptionally strong. Columbia's is too, but I'm not sure about the Jewish community.</p>

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<p>I actually visited NYU and Columbia and i am don't know whether i should apply ed to columbia upenn or Brandeis. Those are all great school and all offer great middle eastern studies program.</p>

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<p>What are you majoring in? and what do you like about brandeis? and did you apply ed?</p>

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<p>Smith would be a very good choice. It has a very, very active Hillel, with a huge population at its Friday night Shabbat, a kosher/hallal kitchen serving every day, a Jewish studies department with faculty who also work at th National Yiddish Book Center, and extraordinary language programs, and great music programs (my d. is a music major - composer, violinist, and vocalist), and cooks for the Friday night meal.)</p>

<p>There is 5-College Certificate Program in Middle Eastern Studies, which includes Arabic, and, which, taken together, is likely larger than what you will find at most of the Ivies:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/middleeast/certificate/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/middleeast/certificate/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>